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-2727 November the 17th



All the instants are given in Universal Time, for the present date the value of the difference between the Terrestrial Time TT and the Universal Time UT is taken as 77189.65s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude


Conjunction on -2727/11/17 at 8h 26m 23.34s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus 214° 51' 22.848".
Geocentric latitude of Venus -0° 0' 32.86".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun 214° 51' 22.848".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun +0° 0' 34.34".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun 8.96".
Equatorial parallax of Venus 33.24".
True semi-diameter of the Sun 16' 17.2".
True semi-diameter of Venus 31.54".


General phases

Phases Date and instant
in UTC
Position of the contacts Venus being in the Zenith in
Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 17 th at 4h 19m 59.4s +147° 52.5' -31° 56.0' -113° 59.0' -13° 31.7'
Ingress, interior contact the 17 th at 4h 35m 15.3s +151° 36.3' -32° 9.6' -110° 9.0' -13° 31.4'
Least angular distance the 17 th at 8h 28m 54.7s + 61° 20.7' -58° 25.1' - 51° 29.7' -13° 27.0'
Egress, interior contact the 17 th at 12h 22m 34.9s + 90° 32.7' +24° 25.5' + 7° 9.8' -13° 22.6'
Egress, exterior contact the 17 th at 12h 37m 50.9s + 94° 17.2' +24° 39.2' + 10° 59.8' -13° 22.3'

Durations of the general phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 17m 51.50s.
  • Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 47m 19.59s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

  • Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.94 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 36.21 R
  • Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 38.80 R
  • Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.54 R
  • Least topocentric distance : 0' 42.152"

Geocentric phases

Geocentric phases Date and instant in UTC Venus being in the Zenith in Position Angle P
LongitudeLatitude
Ingress, exterior contact the 17 th at 4h 25m 51.6s -112° 30.5' -13° 31.6' +122° 50.8'
Ingress, interior contact the 17 th at 4h 41m 7.7s -108° 40.6' -13° 31.3' +123° 5.7'
Least angular distance the 17 th at 8h 28m 55.1s - 51° 29.6' -13° 27.0' ---
Egress, interior contact the 17 th at 12h 16m 42.5s + 5° 41.4' -13° 22.7' +294° 55.8'
Egress, exterior contact the 17 th at 12h 31m 58.5s + 9° 31.3' -13° 22.4' +295° 10.7'

Durations of the geocentric phases

  • Duration of the general transit : 8h 6m 6.84s.
  • Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 35m 34.73s.
  • Least geocentric angular distance : 1' 6.378"


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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.